Deskee
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Deskee is a male house music solo artist from Queens, New York. Deskee moved to Germany in 1984 with his mother who was member of the Armed Forces. Dj / rapper Deskee the main Dj for the road show act called The Body Snatchers Road Show (members: Tillman, Williams, and Crumpley) who gave him his start-em played in several night clubs through out Germany. Dj / Rapper Deskee who shopped at the local down town Frankfurt record shop, Boys Records the hottest record shop during the late 80's to mid 90's, was approached by shop owners A. Shepanski and N. Jordan who informed him of a compilation they were about to release on their new independent label called Black-Out. The owners felt a Hip House track would add the final touch, Dj / MC Deskee was that touch. Deskee teaming up with local Dj / producer H. Felber and engineer M. Rodiger producing "Let There Be House". The owners felt the production was good, but not good enough. They then called DJ/remixer/producers Maximillian Lenz (aka WestBam) and Klaus Jankuhn who added just what was needed to get the artist and label off the ground. Deskee scored three hits on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: Two #1s from 1990 ("Let There Be House" and "Dance Dance") and a top 20 hit in 1991 ("Kid Get Hyped", peaking at #11). Deskee's singles also charted in England, Span, Italy and Japan.
| Preceded by "Touch Me" by 49ers |
"Let There Be House" Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single April 21, 1990 one week |
Succeeded by "Heaven" by The Chimes |
| Preceded by "Let's Get Busy" by Clubland featuring Quartz |
"Dance, Dance Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 29, 1990-October 6, 1990 (two weeks) |
Succeeded by "This Is the Right Time" by Lisa Stansfield |
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
[edit] References
- "Joel Whitburn's, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003", 2004 (Record Research) pg. 360
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